[gerikg]

WP and BBpress Themes use (95% of the time) the same css tags. You will have to open your BBpress css and just insert and remove tags from WP css or sometimes rename the css tag.

and I think it’s <?php wp_head(); ?> in the header.php

and <?php wp_footer(); ?> in the footer.php

[gregfielding]

Help! My install failed halfway through. It asked me to manually re-define some integration fields (which were already correct). The message on the screen was that the install failed.

Now, when I go back to the forum, I get redirected to the install.php and this message appears:

“Oh dear!

bbPress is already installed.

Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?”

How do I re-install?

[johnhiler]

Good call Ipstenu… bbPress 1.0+ creates those folders itself rather than having users create them, which can lead to permissions problems:

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1139

[jamesb4551]

OK should be simple right? Worked when I did it locally using MAMP and all was fine, then going live uploaded and …. nothing just the ‘ERROR: Could not establish a database connection’ message.

WP is installed in the main directory and bb press is in lalala.com/forum

I’ve gone over the wp-config files and they are the same, any ideas guys?

// ** MySQL settings for BB** //

define( ‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘lalalala_live’ );

define( ‘BBDB_USER’, ‘barry’ );

define( ‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘****’ );

define( ‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘localhost’, ‘0.0.0.0’ );

define( ‘BBDB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ );

define( ‘BBDB_COLLATE’, ” );

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’;

// ** MySQL settings for wordpress ** //

define(‘WP_CACHE’, true); //Added by WP-Cache Manager

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘lalalala_live’); // The name of the database

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘barry’); // Your MySQL username

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘****’); // …and password

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘0.0.0.0’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

[Hic]

Hey everyone ..

I installed wp 2.7.1 French version (Last version compatible with a plugin I need)

I’m wondering, which version of BBpress with French package I may use for an easy integration …?

thanks.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

I only used Vanilla for a couple hours. I have a knee-jerk reaction to most code and if I don’t enjoy using it right away, or have issues setting it up/themeing it how I want, it gets dumped.

And I’m not comfortable telling you strengths and weaknesses because they’re subjective. Seriously, I say it a lot but it’s true.

Me? I don’t like PMs and reporting posts, membership ‘levels’ and all that hoopla. So for me, bbPress is great because it’s small, simple and I can write plugins for it since I’m familiar with WordPress. But see how subjective that is? You may want those things and see it as a weakness that bbPress doesn’t have them.

Knowing what each products strengths and weakness will help determine if it fits needs.

I think you’re doing it backwards. Start with a list of your needs and your wants. Then go ask each place ‘Can you do this and if so, how hard is it?’

[frooyo]

@Ipstenu

So, what are bbPress strengths?

What are Vanilla’s strengths?

What are bbPress’ weaknesses?

What are Vanilla’s weaknesses?

Knowing what each products strengths and weakness will help determine if it fits needs.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

Pratik, those BB_ definitions should be in your BB-CONFIG file, not your WP-CONFIG file Move ’em over and try again.

[Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)]

My original post is simply trying to understand *what* makes one of these forums systems better than another (pro/cons).

I’ve said this many times before: It all depends on your needs in a forum.

I’m not trying to avoid the subject, I just think it’s SO subjective that there is no answer. _ck_’s needs are different from mine, mine are different from yours. We may all have some things in common, but not all. Make a list of what’s important to you and then go find a forum that fits the bill. There is no one answer that forum A is better than B and they’re both better than C but worse than D except if you want to do foo and bar … You see how that gets weird?

I didn’t like Vanilla when I tested it, and I certainly didn’t find it easy to integrate with WordPress. In fact, their Single Sign On page says it’s still in Beta.

Also most apps talk like their competitors don’t exist not to be mean, but because it quickly turns into bashing and no one likes that. The beauty of open-source is that anyone can do anything with everything

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

Why do you have bbPress keys in your WP config file? Looks like you messed up following the tutorial. Re-try!

[nickf1195]

Hi.

I am in the process of integrating bbPress with only my WordPress theme, not login or cookies. I have placed this in bb-config.php:

<br />

if ( !defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {<br />

include_once( '../wp-config.php' );<br />

}<br />

and this in bbpressbb-templateskakumeiheader.php:

<br />

get_header();<br />

echo_css(); // function from WP theme's functions.php<br />

The WordPress header loads, but some of the CSS isn’t present from the WordPress theme when I don’t have echo_css(); in the code. The CSS is produced by the WordPress theme’s functions.php, which doesn’t appear to be loading. I can call functions from functions.php inside bbPress, including the one that outputs the CSS, but it is placed at the wrong point in the code (inside the body tag instead of head,) even though I run it immediately after get_header();. I would also like it to be flexible in the event I change the theme.

So my question is: Is there a function inside WordPress to process the functions.php? Should I be in the WordPress forum?

Thanks a lot for your time and help!

Nick

[frooyo]

@_ck_

I’m not saying that I like/dislike Vanilla more than bbPress.

Just watching that video on ReadWriteWeb, Mark makes some pretty big claims about Vanilla and it’s use.

My original post is simply trying to understand *what* makes one of these forums systems better than another (pro/cons).

I’m particular integrued as to Vanilla claims that they are the “WordPress.com of forums systems” and how they integrate soooooo easily with WordPress.

Mark, Vanilla founder, talks as though bbPress doesn’t even exist.

[Pratik Bagaria]

Well,

In my wp-config.. i cant see this line…

instead there is all this…

define( ‘BB_AUTH_KEY’, ‘*****’ );

define( ‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘*****’ );

define( ‘BB_LOGGED_IN_KEY’, *****’ );

define( ‘BB_NONCE_KEY’, ‘*****’ );

define(‘BB_AUTH_SALT’, ‘*****’);

define(‘BB_LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘*****’);

define(‘BB_SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘*****’);

[_ck_]

Well I guess there’s a different forum program for everyone’s tastes.

Personally I’ll be sticking with bbPress as I am not particularly impressed.

Good luck with your conversion.

[frooyo]

@_ck_

According to this video interview by RedWriteWeb, Mozilla.com, OReilly.com and others use Vanilla

http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/06/vanilla-forums.php

What’s interesting is the founder, Mark, goes on to call Vanilla the “WordPress of forums”

[Olaf Lederer]

While this plugin is not available on the bbpress site, I post this information here to reach as many user as possible:

Just noticed that the old version of the bbpress SEO pluging doesn’t work with the current bbpress version (1.02).

Because the old method to handle and meta keywords stopped working we did a quick update.

This is a required update for user of bbpress 1.x!

Using the old version with bbpress 1.x will result in loosing rankings search engine result pages!

What is changed:

• We fixed the code that is responsable for the meta keywords and the “noindex” option.
• Optimizations of the admin page (information, spellcheck).

Download the new version here:

http://www.finalwebsites.com/bbpress/bbpress-seo-tools.php

[OKTeaRoom]

Same problem!

WordPress 2.8.x

BBpress 1.0.2

Just did a completely clean install. No plugins even, yet…and the theme thumbnails aren’t available and when i activate any of them i just get a generic page with no css or layout of any kind.

What gives?

http://www.oktearoom.com/forum

[gregfielding]

Fixed it…Thanks!

Now I’ve got a new problem…I made it all the way through step 3 and the integration. Then, as it actually began the installation, an error message came up saying that I had to manually re-define the auth-key, secure auth-key and one other one. It said installation cancelled.

What is “re-defining?” The number sequences are right.

How do I get the installation to start again?

When I visit the install site, I get

Oh dear!

bbPress is already installed.

Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?

[_ck_]

When I click the plugin filter and select more, I only see ~40 items in there.

Even the entire unfiltered list is less than 50 items and only one is labeled vanilla2.

So the 450 is from their own claim I guess, which must be unhosted plugins.

They also claim 300k people using it, which might actually be how many people have downloaded it, not using it, unless they have a “phone home” function.

They have a clean layout but their plugin structure is a bit confusing.

[arumon]

Hi Friends,

I am new to bbpress. I need to upgrade the version of bbpress.

We are using bbpress forum and blog.(mainly forum)

I read the upgradation document on the bbpress site.

It seems quite simple.

But I have some doubts.

1. Do we need to bring down the mysql database while upgrading?

2. What will happen to the current posting on the forums after upgrading? (Do we need to take any additional step to keep the old postings)

Pleasee help.

Regards,

Arumon

[neilogic]

I did have the same problem but in different context where I never wanted to dive into the code because the theme I was making was to be used by someone else and thus I just wanted the person place it and activate it and it should worked rather then him diving into the code and replacing the files.

In the end what I did was , as BBPRESS 1.0+ supports the use of functions.php in theme files . so i just copied the function from the function.bb-template.php and changed the funciton name a bit and then replaced it in theme files.

Example : like “You must login to post.” is in post_form function in function.bb-template.php file. I copied the function to functions.php in my bbpress template. renamed the function from post_form -> post_form_edited and made the replacements I wanted and then in my theme files where ever it was using the old function of post_form() i replaced it with my new edited function post_form_edited().

like in your functions.php after you copy the post_form function and change it to post_form_edited you can find the line “__(‘You must log in to post.’),” and change it to anything you want. And use the new function in your theme. Like this you won’t have problems upgrading the bbpress installation too in future.

then I dived in the theme files and replaced all the post_form() with post_form_edited() and voila it worked. But in my case I knew what I was using like the plugins and stuff and thus i tested it with everything first.

I hope this helps you out . Some of the stuff I told above has been applied to the postform in http://forum.ubuntu-in.info.

[Pratik Bagaria]

Thanks greikg for the response.

Can you please guide me as to which file is this function to be removed from?

thanks

[richcon]

Is there any way to replace that “You must log in to post.” text that appears to non-logged-in visitors with a more friendly login / registration form?

I’m a pretty skilled PHP coder and theme author, but from looking through the bbpress source that line seems to be hard-coded? I’m hesitant to start mucking with bbpress’s core files themselves (makes upgrading a pain), so is there any way to change that with a plugin?

Thanks!

[gregfielding]

I paid for BBPress integration with WPMU from wp.mu and I don’t think the job was done right…but I’m hoping it’s an easy fix.

All of the files exist, but I get this message ERROR: Could not establish a database connection

Any thoughts?

[gerikg]

at WPMU told me to check the error log, how do I do that on BBpress?